Synopsis

Documentary following the recording of The New Basement Tapes' album 'Lost on the River'. Using newly unearthed lyrics from Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes sessions, producer T-Bone Burnett unites musicians Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James and Marcus Mumford to create music to accompany lyrics written by Dylan in 1967. The programme goes behind the scenes of the recording process as the group write and arrange their own unique material and also reveals the story behind the newly discovered song lyrics.